Kisumu County staff are set to undergo lifestyle audits by the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) to weed out corrupt officials
This follows an investigation into the county books where tens of millions of shillings have been looted in form of imprests.
EACC Western Regional Manager Abraham Kemboi said the agency had collected crucial documents and was actively investigating the cases.
Speaking at the County Assembly of Kisumu offices during a corruption prevention engagement, Kemboi said the probe would see a lifestyle audit conducted on all the suspects to trace the money and bring the culprits to book.
Further, he said the probe shall be extended to national government officers suspected to be working in cahoots with the county officials to swindle public funds.
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“We have a number of cases that we are under investigation not just here in Kisumu but also in Vihiga and Siaya counties. This lifestyle audit shall also be extended to these areas,” he said.
Additionally, the EACC was also investigating cases where public land and government houses in the three counties have been grabbed.
The investigations target acres of Kenya Railways land and houses belonging to the Ministry of Housing and other state agencies.
“We have made good progress with the investigations and soon we shall issue a comprehensive report,” he said.
The EACC boss has also called upon all county and national government departments mentioned in the probe to collaborate with the EACC officials to ensure that the cases are concluded.
EACC officers from the corruption prevention unit, are in Kisumu over the next two weeks to carry out an audit of the devolved unit’s processes and procedures and give recommendations to seal corruption loopholes.
He said the meeting was a follow-up of the 2018 report which identified several gaps in the county executive and county assembly processes.
